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March 16, 2009, marks the long awaited day when thousands of medical residents nationwide receive the news informing them of their residency destination. Each intern will learn the name and location of their teaching hospital—hoping one of their top choices will be their selected match. To the medical community, this day represents “Match Day” and is organized by the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP).

The National Resident Matching Program, a private, not-for-profit organization, provides a method for matching applicants for residency positions in the United States with residency programs at various teaching hospitals. Applicants and hospitals rank each other in order of preference, and a computer matches them based upon those rankings.

According to the NRMP, the number of available residency positions this year was the highest in match history. This year, 28,737 applicants vied for one of the 22,240 first-year residency positions available--the most ever. Of those, 135,106 were U.S. medical school seniors. Other applicants included previous graduates of U.S. medical schools, U.S. citizen and non-U.S. citizen international medical graduates, and osteopathic doctors.

Whether temporary or long-term, the residents will relocate to the cities of their assigned teaching hospitals. Several of these residents will receive a match that will bring them to Greenville, NC and Pitt County Memorial Hospital – University Health Systems of Eastern North Carolina, working in conjunction with the Brody School of Medicine. For over 18 years, The Pistol Tingen Real Estate Team has provided incoming medical residents with their relocation requirements—assisting them in an efficient, seamless transition from their present location to Greenville, NC. To learn more about our relocation services, please contact The Pistol Tingen Team at (252) 321-6161.